Wood, Fernando-Continued.

Resolutions of the House introduced by—

That the rules of the House of Representatives of the Forty-fourth Congress shall be
the rules of the House of Representatives until otherwise ordered; that a committee
of five, to consist of the Speaker, and four members, to be named by him, be appointed,
to whom shall be referred the rules of the House, and who shall be authorized to report
at any time such amendments on the revision of the same as they may think proper.
That so much of the President's message as relates to the appropriations required for the
Army and the military establishments, the Navy, the courts, and for repairs, &c., for the
buildings of the Department of the Interior in consequence of the late fire, be referred
to the Committee on Appropriations, and as much as refers to the proposed interna-
tional exhibition of agriculture, industry, and the fine arts to be held at Paris in 1878, and
the proposed international prison congress to be held at Stockholm in 1878, be referred
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

Resolutions of the House introduced by-

That the President be respectfully requested, if not incompatible with the public inter-
ests, to communicate to this House the correspondence with the Spanish government,
and the orders and directions of the Treasury Department to the collectors of customs,
in relation to the recent imposition of a differential duty of fifty cents per ton on Span
ish vessels entering American ports, with such information in reference thereto as he
may deem necessary.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, requested to furnish the House of
Representatives, at the earliest practicable moment, copies of the contract made with a
certain syndicate of American and foreign bankers for the negotiation of the 4 per
cent. bonds of the United States, together with copies of all other papers relating
thereto; and also with a statement as to the present condition of such negotiation, and
whether it remains in force as originally made, without modification or change....
That the Secretary of War be requested to furnish the House of Representatives, at the
earliest practicable moment, with information relative to medical officers of the Army
now on duty in the District of Columbia

That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives be, and
they are hereby, directed to adjourn their respective Houses without day on Thursday,
the 22d instant, at 6 o'clock p. m....

That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives be, and
they are hereby, directed to adjourn their respective Houses, without day, at 3 o'clock
p. m. this day.....

That the Committee of Ways and Means be authorized to employ a doorkeeper or assist-
ant messenger, to be paid out of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives,
who shall receive the same compensation as is now paid to the messengers appointed
by the Doorkeeper..

Bills of the House introduced by-

Gas-works in District of Columbia, No. 1527.

Petitions presented by-

A. M. Dudley.

H. Theyson..

H. Weldon et al.

Wright, Hendrick B., of Wilkesbarre, twelfth district of Pennsylvania:

Answered roll-call.

Sworn in...

Member of Committee on the Public Lands.

Manufactures

Resolutions of the House introduced by-

That the Committee on Banking and Currency be directed to inquire into the propriety
of so amending the bank laws as to require, in the election of directors, the principle of
cumulative voting, where such law may exist in a State in which national banks are lo
cated; also, as to the propriety of amending said laws so as to limit the efficiency of
proxies to six months

Bills of the House introduced by-

Homestead laws, No. 110.

Petitions presented by-

Of the citizens of Pennsylvania for a small loan to aid settlers on the public domain.
For aid to settle upon the public domain

For post-route.

A. Watson et al.

Florida Colonization Society.

Wyoming Territory, Delegate from, appears, viz: William W. Corlett.

to regulate the cutting of timber on the public lands in.

H. R. 802.

to complete the penitentiary in..

H. R. 204.

for the relief of settlers in the Wind River Valley in..

135

H. R. 803.

to transfer the penitentiary in, to said Territory...

Washington, Territory of, citizens of, for negotiations with the Coeur d'Alene Indians

Washington and Ohio Railroad Company..

206

202

99

Waters, Samuel..

101

192

H. R. 1313.

97

88

Weatherby, Henry C......

Weber, G. H...

167

Webb, Martha

47

West Virginia, citizens of, for an increase of the salaries of letter-carriers.

Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Charleston, for compensation for property
taken by the United States Army

citizens of, for compensation for destruction of the Baptist church at Raleigh
Court-House

Page.

37

125

280

283

190

91

252

275

224

169, 198

152, 167

251

H. R. 1562.

69

H. R. 386.

189

H. R. 1262.

112

H. R. 890.

Wisconsin, citizens of, for an increase of the salaries of letter-carriers

joint resolutions of the legislature of, favoring an appropriation for the erection of a
light-house and fog-signal on Stannard's Rock, Lake Superior....

a memorial of the legislature of, for an appropriation to aid in a survey of the Saint
Croix River..

a memorial of the legistature of the State of, for appropriation to aid in survey of
the Saint Croix River, in Wisconsin..

memorial of the legislature of, asking an appropriation for the construction of a
light-house at the mouth of the harbor of Menomonee.

105

Wisconsin, joint resolution of the legislature of, asking for an appropriation for the erection of a
light-house and fog signal on Stannard's Rock, Lake Superior....

memorial of the legislature of, for legislation to improve the condition of the Oneida
Indians

memorial from the legislature of, asking the right of way and a grant of land for a
railroad through Northern Wisconsin

sundry memorials of the legislature of, relative to certain mail-routes

memorial from the legislature of, relative to an appropriation for the Sturgeon Bay
and Lake Michigan Canal and Harbor

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105

105

105

103, 131

105

memorial of the legislature of, relative to an appropriation for the survey of Saint
Croix River

105

memorial of the legislature of, relative to the construction of fish-dams on Fox
River

105

memorial of the legislature of, relative to the survey of Wolf River from Lake Poy-
gan to the mouth of Red River.

105

Yeates, Jesse J., of Murfreesborough, first district of North Carolina:
Answered roll-call.

171

167

75

147,931
79

220, 252

922

Petitions presented by―

L. Ballance et al.

E. Le Page et al

S. Waters.

That the sum of $3,840 be paid out of the miscellaneous funds of the House for expenses
incurred in the organization and service of the Doorkeeper's department for the present
special session of Congress..

Bills of the House introduced by--

Barataria ship-canal, No. 424: E. T. Freeman, 425; J. J. Busby, 426; Mrs. J. Elliott, 427;
refunding internal-revenne tax, 423; M. P. Bradford, 429; lot of land in Menphis, 103×;
Mississippi levees, 1039; refunding illegal taxes, 1386: P. Targarona, 1387; R. S. Jones,
1388; salaries in Doorkeeper's department, 1689; A. M. Cogswell, 1690; D. H. Held.
brood, 1691; M. A. Jones, 1692; W. B. Hamblin, 1693; A. F. Bonner, (administrator,)
1694; R. H. Clews, 1695; wharf and landing at Memphis, 1696: marine hospital at Mem-
phis, 1697; Weber & Revel, 1698; R. L. Andrews, (administrator,) 1699.